Elections Archive

GEN · Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999

Gorakhpur

Hari Kesh Bahadur (INC(I)) won by 16,141 votes (5.0%).

Electors
6,54,106
Votes polled
3,31,565
Valid votes
Turnout
50.7%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1980 national median: 5.0% (median 16.7%). Back to Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 · 1980 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Knife-edge (<2%)Party held vs 1998
Margin · 1999
1.1%(-3.0%)
Turnout
52.2%(+1.0%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
81.1%

Winning margin over time · Gorakhpur

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199957%

Candidates

Candidates · Gorakhpur 1980
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Hari Kesh BahadurWinnerINC(I)1,08,79633.5%
2Deep Narain YadavJNP(S)92,65528.5%
3Ram Karan SinghJNP83,14225.6%
4Shaukat AliIND10,3443.2%
5Purshotam Urf Swami Purshotma NandIND8,8782.7%
6Baij Nath TripathiIND4,4611.4%
7Rama Kant PandeyIND4,2171.3%
8Ramji Prasad VermaIND3,4551.1%
9Guru Sewak Guru Prasad TripathiIND2,5020.8%
10Sant KumarIND2,2350.7%
11Suresh Chandra BhargavaIND2,1440.7%
12Krishna Chandra ChaturvediIND2,0810.6%

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